Junius Bassus

Iunius Bassus signo Theotecnius (June 317 – 25 August 359) was an ancient Roman politician. The son of the praetorian prefect Junius Annius Bassus, he was vir clarissimus and vicarius of Rome as well as praefectus urbi from 25 March to 25 August 359.

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus - Cast in Rome

The important Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus shows him to have been a Christian.[1][2]

References
  1. Allen, Farber. "Dr". smarthistory.khanacademy.org/. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  2. Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (14 July 2014). The Iconography of the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus: Neofitus Iit Ad Deum. Princeton University Press. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-1-4008-6130-9.

Media related to Junius Bassus at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.